Understanding Self and Other

On this module you will acquire basic counselling skills and use them in a relationship with a role-play client. We will discuss the factors that influence an appropriate counselling environment. Through this process you will also begin to develop an awareness of yourself and be able to identify the practical and ethical issues necessary to create a safe environment in which counselling can take place, including appropriate boundaries.

Topics covered

Understanding the difference between counselling skills and counselling

Identifying listening skills

Understanding feelings and non-verbal communication

Empathy

Role-play practice

Identifying ways of asking questions

Paraphrasing and summarising

Understanding issues in working with diversity

Study skills training

Self and peer assessment

Learning

5 one-hour lectures

10 one-hour seminars

15 one-hour practical classes and workshops

1 one-hour tutorial

Assessment

Essay, 1,500 words (40%)

Learning journal, 1,000 (30%)

Skills assessment, 500 words (30%)

Contact us

The University of Leicester,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH,
United Kingdom